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The 2011 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2011 season. [1] The 107th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; [2] [3] the Cardinals defeated the Rangers in seven games to win their 11th World Series championship ...
First World Series home game in franchise history; former President Bush - who owned the Rangers when the stadium was built - was accompanied to the mound by his father, George H. W. Bush, and Texas Rangers team president Nolan Ryan. 2011 College World Series: TD Ameritrade Park Omaha: This pitch marked the first game at the new home of the ...
As had been the case since 2003, the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series. Accordingly, the World Series began on October 19, and ended on October 28, with the St. Louis Cardinals winning in seven games over the Texas Rangers. [1] The season is notable for its wild card chase on the last day of the regular season.
One strike. That’s how close the Texas Rangers came to winning their first World Series in franchise history against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011.
November 3 – Bob Forsch, 61, only pitcher in St. Louis Cardinals history to throw two no-hitters (1978 vs. Phillies and 1983 vs. Expos); won 163 games over his 15-season (1974–1988) Redbird career, including 20 wins in 1977, and 168 games overall; member of 1982 World Series champions and hurled in two other Fall Classics; brother of Ken ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
LOS ANGELES — Back in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at Chavez Ravine, Kirk Gibson hit one of the most dramatic homers in baseball history. ... 2011: St. Louis Cardinals. 2010: San Francisco ...
The postseason began on September 30, 2011, and ended on October 28, 2011, with the Cardinals defeating the Rangers in seven games in the 2011 World Series. It was the Cardinals' 11th title in franchise history, tying the NHL 's Detroit Red Wings for the sixth most championship wins in North American sports .